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Fires & bushfires, 1904

1,913 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 96

The Gosford Fire. Young Men Charged With Arson. Evidence for the Defence

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 6

The trial of the two young men, Frederick Royall and George Hennessey, charged with having on January 27 last broken and entered the dwelling-house of Horace Jephson at…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Backhouse and juries.) Mr. Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor. a Double Charge—acquittal. a Gosford Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 6

Frederick Royall and George Hennessey, both young men, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, an January 27 last, at Gosford, broken and entered the dwelling-house…

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Great Fire at Toronto

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 6

LONDON, April 20, 2.10 p.m.-A great fire has occurred at Toronto, many acres in the wholesale business district being destroyed. The damage is estimated at 6,000,000dol (about…

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City Mutual Fire Insurance Company

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 2

The twenty-sixth annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, was held at the office of the company, 95 Pitt-street, yesterday, Mr. Robert Kerr,…

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Fire at Coonamble. Coonamble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 4

A fire occurred, at 4 o'clock this morning at Mr. H. G. Cobb's stationery and tobacconist's shop. The premises were totally destroyed, and also a billiard-room and office next door,…

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Hospital Destroyed by Fire. Heroic Conduct of Two Surgeons. London, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 7

St. Vincent's Hospital at Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, has been destroyed by fire. The patients, numbering 121, were removed to places of safety…

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A Terrible Fire. Acres of Buildings Burnt. DAMAGE £1,500,000. LONDON. Wednesday, 2.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 4

A terrible conflagration has occurred in the wholesale business portion of the city of Toronto, in Canada. The Are raged with the utmost fury, and…

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Coonamble Fire

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 6

A message from Coonamble reads:—"A fire occurred at 4 o'clock last. "Wednesday morning at. Mr. H. G. Cobb's stationery and tobacconist's shop. The…

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Fire at Temora

Evening News · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 2

TEMORA, Friday.-The residents were awakened by the ringing of the firebell at 1 o'clock this morning, when it was found that the house of Mr. Charles Naylor, commission agent,…

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Fire at a Creamery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 6

Early this morning a fire broke out in the cool-room of the Lowood Creamery Company. The fire apparently started in the insulating material under the floor, and the charcoal…

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The Country. Fire at Coonamble

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 6

COONAMBLE, Wednesday.--A fire started at 4.30 o'clock this morning in Herbert G. Cobbs's stationery and tobacconist department. The flames spread to the hairdressing saloon…

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The Toronto Fire. London

The Australian Star · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 3

Later particulars of the great fire in Toron to state that 130 buildings were destroyed. Six thousand workers have been, rendered idle. The damage is estimated at £13,000,000, of…

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A Sunday Visitor. "Stop, or I'll Fire!"

The Australian Star · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 6

When Mr. Frederick Charles Lee, of Cascade-street, Paddington, went to bed last Saturday, night he little dreamt of the experience, awaiting him next day. It was…

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Great Fire at Toronto. Acres of Buildings Destroyed. Damages Estimated at Thirteen Million Dollars

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A destructive fire has occurred at Toronto. Canada, and devastated many acres of buildings in the wholesale part of the city…

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Fires. Gqulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 9

A woolohed belonging to Mr. James Koough, of Bolong River, near Golspie, Taralga district, was, with its contants, including a wool press and a quantity of fodder,…

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Fire at a Coachbuilders' Workshop

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 10

Shortly before 10 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the workshop of T. Moore and Son, coachbuiders, 8 Flinders- street, Surry-hills. The outbreak was subdued by the Metropolitan…

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Country News. Fire at Temora. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 9

At about midnight on Thursday, a fire broke out in a building in Lower Hoskins-street, the property, of Mr. Charles Naylor, and occupied by…

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No Fire. a False Alarm at Her Majesty's Theatre

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 7

This morning at 9 o'clock, was heard the clanging of fire-engine bells throughout the city streets. On inquiry the fears of a confiagration…

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Fire! Call to Her Majesty's Theatre. a False Alarm

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 4

Shortly before half-past 9 this morning a call of "Fire!" was received at the M.F.B. headquarters from Her Majesty's Theatre, Pitt-street, and all the city brigades, with engines and…

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The Baltimore Fire Forty Millions Sterling. Two Square Miles of Devastation

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 3

On February 9th last the London “Daily Mail” gave the following description of the terrible fire at Baltimore. The entire business portion of the…

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